1) Fox made us wait about two months longer than usual for the return of “24.” As reward for our patience, Fox offers the first four episodes of season four almost all at once, two hours Sunday night and the next two the following night. Read, if you must, the spoiler-happy preview of these four hours we posted way back in August..
8 p.m. Sunday. Fox.
2) At long last, AICN bossman Harry Knowles now shares my love “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” But he loves “Carnivale,” which kicks off its second season tonight, even more. Read Quinty Seaman’s AICN review of the first two hours of the second season.
9 p.m. Sunday. HBO.
3) “Surreal Life” season four kicks off with a new cast that includes Go-Go’s guitarist-songwriter Jane Weidlin, Verne “Mini-Me” Troyer, Swedish model Marcus Schenkenberg, rap legend Da Brat, pro wrestler Joanie “Chyna Doll” Lauer, “America’s Next Top Model” winner Adrianne Curry, and 47-year-old “Brady Bunch” kid Christopher Knight.
9 p.m. Sunday. VH1.

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9 p.m. Sunday. HBO.
3) “Surreal Life” season four kicks off with a new cast that includes Go-Go’s guitarist-songwriter Jane Weidlin, Verne “Mini-Me” Troyer, Swedish model Marcus Schenkenberg, rap legend Da Brat, pro wrestler Joanie “Chyna Doll” Lauer, “America’s Next Top Model” winner Adrianne Curry, and 47-year-old “Brady Bunch” kid Christopher Knight.
9 p.m. Sunday. VH1.

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